Plastic fence-post.



F. A. RICE.

PLASTIC FENCE POST.

APPLICATION PILED MAR. 13. 1914.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

` FLOYD A. RICE,` OF SPRINGFIELD, oHIo.

PLASTIC FENCE-POST. i

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Application filed March 13, 1914. Serial No. 4,4e9.

To all whom it muy concern: e i

Be it known that I, FLoYD A. Rron, a citizen of the United States, residing atSpr-ingfield in the oounty of Clark, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvenents in Plastic Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to plastic fence posts, and especially to fence wire clamps which are associated with the posts in such a manner as to reinforce the same, but which may be readily forced into engagement'with the wires to retain the same upon the post.

The invention further resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set for-th in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figur-e l :is a detail longitudinal sectonal view illustrating a post provided with a modified form ofclamp,

F i 2 is a detail vertical sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the clamp, Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional View through the same, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan vew of the same.

Referring now to the drawings in detal, 1( desgnates a post which is constructed from reinforced plastic material, and which may be formed of any desired size. Embedded within the post 1', when the same is being formed within a suitable mold, and arranged at desired spaced intervals are metallic clamps 2'. These clamps each comprise a body member 3' which has its sides or edges centrally incurved or of an arcuate formation, as clearly shown in the drawings, and one of the enlarged ends of the body is preferably rounded to provide, what I will term, an eye 4', through the opening of which is passed a rod 5'. This rod may, if desired, eXtend the entire length of the post and is adapted to normally sustain the clamps within the post. The other enlarged `end of the clamp is centrally formed with a reduced oppositely curved finger 6', while the edges of the said end are formed with downwardly extendng roundecl fingers 7'. So it will be noted that the finger 6` is arranged intermediate of the fingers 7 and the clamp or plate 2' is embedded within the post to the juncture of the fingers 6' and 7".

The oppostely rounded or angular tongues provide a substantially wedge-shaped mouth,

so that when a line wire .is arranged therebetween the fingers will have a tendency to prevent the unslaclcing of the wire, and in i and also into engagement with the said post. i

The fingers 6' and 7 of the clamp or plate 9/ are, of course, formed of some malleable material so that the same is ductile under the blow of a hammer, but also the material .from which the said fingers are formed will not angularly spread when bent over the wire S', and by the peculiar arrangement of the fingers, :s afore stated, the wedgeshaped mouth provided by the fingers permit of the fingers binding against the wire, and so an outward or a longitudinal movement of the wire is effectively prevented The body of the clamp 2' is provided upon one of its faces with a longitudinally eXtending substantially V-shaped lug 9 which is` arranged parallel with and between its cen-` tral finger and its eye 4'. The opposite face of the body of the clamp, at the juncture of the finger 6' is inclined upwardly and rearwardly to provide a second lug lO, and the end of this lug is inclined downwardly, as at 11, and terminates only a short distance from the opening through which the rod passes. The sides of the lug 10 are beveled or inclined toward the end of the tie provided with the fingers, as indicated by the numerals 12, and the peculiar Construction and arrangement of the lugs provides the body with additional sustaining elements so that the said clamp cannot move laterally, when firmly embedded within the post, regardless of the longitudinal pull upon the wire 8'.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the Simplicity of the devoe as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfeetly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In combination with a plastic post, of a wire fence clamp having its body within the post, said clamp having one of its ends provided with an eye, a rod within the post passing through the eye, the body of the clamp having its opposte faces provided with angularly arranged lugs, the end of lfatented Nov. 24, 1914:.`

the clamp beyond the lugs being formed ed to be forced over the Wire in opposite di- 10 With a central finger and With side fingers, rections.

the central finger being disposed &ngul-&fly In tetimony Whereof I afiix my signature in one direction, the side fing ers being disin presence of two witnesses.

-- posed angularly in an opposite direction'jto provide a flaring or Wedge-shaped mouth be- B LOYD RIOE' tWeen the uppeand side fingers for the re- Witnesses: Ception of a fence Wire, the said fingers be- Ape Em n, ing forned of bendable mztte'ral anddapt GUY'O. 'CL'ARK 

